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Secure Communication in Distributed Ada
No full textThis document describes an implementation of secure communication for distributed applications in Ada 95. It explains the basics of cryptography and introduces the problem of key exchange. After a brief description of distributed systems in Ada 95, the modular structure of the implementation and the way it handles key distribution is presented.LGLAlso available as Technical Report EPFL-DI No 96/17
ASIS for GNAT: From the Prototype to the Full Implementation
No full textLGLAlso available as Technical Report EPFL-DI No 96/17
The television work of Alfred Hitchcock
No full textThe thesis uses close textual analysis to study and evaluate the television work of Alfred Hitchcock. The corpus consists of the twenty shows personally directed by Hitchcock, including his appearances before and after those shows. In response to most previous writing, which tends to compare the programmes with Hitchcock’s films (often unfairly) the thesis emphasises them as products of television. Programmes are evaluated on the basis of their perceived success as television- if they harness conditions related to television production and integrate them with narrative themes or to create meaning. Hitchcock is considered to be the major creative force in each programme.
Chapter One provides a variety of important contexts including a brief history of US television of the 1950s, key literature on Hitchcock and analyses of contemporaneous programmes not directed by Hitchcock. The textual analysis chapters (2-8) consider aesthetic or thematic programme aspects. Chapter Two studies the various roles played by Hitchcock’s appearances as series host. Chapter Three considers the impact of censorship on programmes frequently dealing with murder, violence and insanity. Chapter Four analyses Hitchcock’s implementation of varieties of voice-over narration, a common device in short dramatic forms. Chapter Five studies Hitchcock’s use of point-of-view shots, particularly in relation to their role in the delivery of the narrative twist. Chapter Six considers the key Hitchcock theme of detachment from the world. Chapter Seven looks at moments from the programmes which demonstrate how aesthetic is influenced by television production conditions.
Hitchcock created a number of television masterpieces. His achievements in television are in many ways comparable in quality and consistency to his theatrical films. Even when considered in the context of other 1950s US anthology dramas, the Hitchcock-directed programmes are superior on many levels. Elements of his film style were highly suited to television production. Many of his greatest achievements embrace and harness television production conditions in their presentation strategies to create an integration of style and meaning
Alfred Schirokauer Collection 1889-1932
No full textThe bulk of the collection consists of Alfred Schirokauer writings in form of manuscripts novels and shorter works, and newspaper serializations. There is also a small amount of correspondence with publishers, as well as a few personal items.See inventoryMrs. Hartman, 1978.Born in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland) on July 13, 1880, the author and lawyer Alfred Schirokauer lived in Berlin, immigrated to Austria in 1933, and died in Vienna on October 27, 1934.Finding aid available online3-page inventory.digitize
Letter to Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 10, 1948
No full textA handwritten letter from an unknown author addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 10, 1948. Within, the author discusses the Pennsylvania Dutch word for Ash Wednesday, along with traditions associated with this day.https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents/1118/thumbnail.jp
Map of British Columbia Reduced from the Original Map by Mr. Alfred Waddington
No full textby Alfred Waddington.Scale ca. [1:5,385,600] (W 132 00'--W 112 00'/N 57 40?--N 48 00'). Relief shown by hachures. Shows wagon roads, trails and explored routes
A Side-by-Side Comparison of Exception Handling in Ada and Java
No full textThe purpose of this paper is to compare the exception handling mechanisms of Ada and Java. In order to be intelligible and useful to both communities, we have tried not get into specific technical intricacies of the languages, perhaps sometimes at the cost of precision. On the other side, we decided to use the language-specific terminology whenever we write about it. We believe that the contrary would often lead to misunderstandings: the same term sometimes covers two different concepts, e.g. object, or when the concepts are basically the same, the features provided by the language are largely different, making any unification impossible, e.g. task in Ada and thread Java.LGLAlso available as Technical Report EPFL-DI No 01/36
HRT-UML: Taking HRT-HOOD onto UML
No full textThis paper discusses issues that arose in an effort to transpose the semantic and methodological value of HRT-HOOD into a carefully-crafted selection of the UML meta-model. The main goal of the project was to prevent the massive advent of the UML from obliterating the unique strengths of the HRT specialization of HOOD for the support of real-time design. Avoidance of closed conservatism also afforded the project the opportunity to reflect on aspects of object-oriented design that may arguably benefit the resulting HRT-UML method
CTheory Live Interview: Taiaiake Alfred
No full textTaiaiake Alfred is a Kanien’kehaka (Mohawk) philosopher, writer and teacher and has emerged as an influential figure in the new generation of Indigenous leaders. Dr. Alfred holds a Canada Research Chair and is a Professor in the Indigenous Governance Programs and the Department of Political Science at the University of Victoria. He is the author of three books,Heeding the Voices of Our Ancestors, Peace, Power, Righteousness, and Wasase: Indigenous Pathways of Action and Freedom.Arthur Kroker, Canada Research Chair in Technology, Culture and TheoryFacultyUnreviewe
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